Episode 12: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be

Sophisticated and unique, this comedy centers on novelist Hank Moody (David Duchovny) who struggles to raise his 12-year-old daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), while still carrying a torch... More

Sophisticated and unique, this comedy centers on novelist Hank Moody (David Duchovny) who struggles to raise his 12-year-old daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), while still carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend Karen (McElhone). His obsession with truth-telling and self-destructive behavior -- drinks, drugs and relationships -- are both destroying and enriching his career.

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In the fifth-season finale, Hank walks into a bar filled with shadowy figures and a bartender who is a long-departed friend. He begins to suspect this isn't California anymore, but one helluva place... More

In the fifth-season finale, Hank walks into a bar filled with shadowy figures and a bartender who is a long-departed friend. He begins to suspect this isn't California anymore, but one helluva place to kill some time. After he snaps out of it, Hank heads over to Becca's, where he gets some unsettling news. Later, he goes to the movie set, where Charlie proves how much of a friend he is by almost taking a bullet for him, literally.

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Season 5 of Californication ended in a bit of a dark place: Hank ( David Duchovny ) was (possibly fatally) drugged by a bitter ex-girlfriend. Based on the exclusive first look at Season 6 below, thin More »

This January, Hank Moody (David Duchovny) will be back to behaving badly on Showtime’s Californication . Showtime has released a short teaser for season six which finds Hank being confronted by a horr More »

"Californication" stars David Duchovny and Natascha McElhone are on the cover of the latest issue of LA Confidential, and inside, the actors dish on what's to come in Season 6, which will likely be th More »

Tonight's finale " Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be " took us to television purgatory and wavered somewhere between a good and bad episode. Sadly though the season five culmination of the much lauded seri More »

Californication “Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be” Season 5 Episode 12 airs on Sunday, April 1 at 10:30pm on Showtime. Episode Synopsis: In the Season 5 finale, Hank discovers the bartender at a local More »